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Collection of "Monsieur Daniel Grataloup of Geneva", sold in these Rooms, 30 October, 1973.
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AN INTERSTING AND LARGE GOURD-SHAPED TSUBA
The iron plate depicting a young lady enticing her baby to breast feed, the father seated nearby in iroe takazogan, a gourd vine inlaid in iron takazogan. the tendrils in gold wire, the reverse with similar vine decoration, with signature Katsuryuken Masayoshi, late Edo period (19th century), 8.2cm.
The iron plate depicting a young lady enticing her baby to breast feed, the father seated nearby in iroe takazogan, a gourd vine inlaid in iron takazogan. the tendrils in gold wire, the reverse with similar vine decoration, with signature Katsuryuken Masayoshi, late Edo period (19th century), 8.2cm.
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